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in syria. the u.s. knows the. this is a game being played by politics. mr. obama is not speak being to assad. assad is beyond hearing. he's speaking to moscow. don't let this happen. he's talking directly to putin. >> let me go back to your other fascinating point opinion you say back in 2003, of course this was the weapons of mass destruction that president bush and the intelligence agencies around the world never were able to discover. you're saying, john, that the russians carted or flew those wmds, these were chemical weapons of mass destruction that the russians carted those wmds from iraq to syria but, in fact, there were wmds in iraq all along. . it to be very careful. russians cooperated in the transfer of major weapon systems. the republican guards, the ability to launch the missiles and the wmd and to marry the war head with the missiles. the russians supervised all of that for saddam hussein. the night of april 5th two convoys left baghdad one with the russian ambassador headed to da
in syria. the u.s. knows the. this is a game being played by politics. mr. obama is not speak being to assad. assad is beyond hearing. he's speaking to moscow. don't let this happen. he's talking directly to putin. >> let me go back to your other fascinating point opinion you say back in 2003, of course this was the weapons of mass destruction that president bush and the intelligence agencies around the world never were able to discover. you're saying, john, that the russians carted or...
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. >> international peace negotiations in syria urging the international community to push the government and rebels into talks. without talks, they want the country could become a failed state ruled by warlords for the -- warlords. tortured and disfigured bodies have been discovered north of damascus. at least 10 people killed and 40 others wounded, seven people were killed from the same family. bombs also incur code. a short time ago as spoke to bbc but said the attacks come at a difficult time politically for iraq. >> clearly, the most at that stands out the most is the one you mentioned south of baghdad where apparently, and normal, ordinary home was blown up and seven people were killed inside. but the other attacks have been more or less standard, attacks on security forces and shiites -- shia religious processions. security forces were trying to dismantle a rocket that was to be launched in the direction of an air base. a bomb went off right next to them and one was or two were killed, and four were wounded. a few other attacks took place in the east and the south. >> this comes at
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>>> on the broadcast tonight, chemical weapons in syria, suddenly the world has an urgent situation on its hands. the fear is, syria is going to use it against its own people. >>> and the fight on breast cancer, the controversy on the life-saving drug, and how long women should take it. >>> and 27 days to go when the fiscal cliff arrives, so why are so many members of the house going home when they're supposed to be working on it? >>> and people showing up for others, right when they need it. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, we begin tonight with an important story, details of which may sound very familiar to a lot of americans, given our history over the past few years in places like iraq. tonight, pentagon sources are telling nbc news syria is preparing chemical weapons for their possible use against the syrian people in the form of aerial bombs. it is believed this specific intelligence is the reason why president obama took a hard line against syria just a few days ago, warning them there would be consequences if these weapons were used. let's begin here tonight with the
>>> on the broadcast tonight, chemical weapons in syria, suddenly the world has an urgent situation on its hands. the fear is, syria is going to use it against its own people. >>> and the fight on breast cancer, the controversy on the life-saving drug, and how long women should take it. >>> and 27 days to go when the fiscal cliff arrives, so why are so many members of the house going home when they're supposed to be working on it? >>> and people showing up...
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former military leader will take office next year as the country's first female president, challenging syria types in a country traditionally ruled by men in suits. she will be tasked with getting the slowing economy back on track at a time when growth rates have risen to a meager 2% now. but she will need to do it in a way that appeases young voters who are calling for more balanced income distribution when companies like samsung and hyundai have sales equivalent to about a fifth of national output. >> i think it will be a little bit pro condmrom rat, pro business. and at the bottom level, reach out to smes to create a balanced approach to the 2 is e century. >> park made her position clear, saying she will engage the north korean leadership and give the country aid, but not before it gives up its nuclear weapons program. >> considering north korea murdered her mother and tried to kill her father a few times -- >> with an iron fist for 18 years. she was forced to grow up quickly during her time in office after her mother was killed by a north korean gunman serving as her father ae's -- >> a
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. >>> there are alarming new developments involving the crisis in syria. pentagon sources tell nbc news there is specific intelligence suggesting the syrian government has loaded sarin gas, a deadly nerve agent, into aerial bombs and is awaiting command from president assad for its use. it comes as the fighting grows more intense and the rebels continue to advance into the capital city of damascus. yesterday secretary of state hillary clinton repeated her warning that the u.s. is ready to take swift action. >> our concerns are that increasingly desperate assad regime might turn to chemical weapons or might lose control of them to one of the many groups that are now operating within syria. we have sent an unmistakable message that this would cross a red line. and those responsible would be held to account. >> u.s. officials stress the chemical bonds remain in storage depots and president assad has not issued any warning to use them. egypt is going into political turmoil after intense clashes on the doorstep of the presidential palace. it's the largest confr
. >>> there are alarming new developments involving the crisis in syria. pentagon sources tell nbc news there is specific intelligence suggesting the syrian government has loaded sarin gas, a deadly nerve agent, into aerial bombs and is awaiting command from president assad for its use. it comes as the fighting grows more intense and the rebels continue to advance into the capital city of damascus. yesterday secretary of state hillary clinton repeated her warning that the u.s. is ready...
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syria. they call themselves martyrs and. all those you see around you of the fighters you see are living martyrs and the living martyr has already sacrificed a soul for this country the syrian rebels say they will stop at nothing to defeat us. some of them are so proud of their deeds that they post them on the web including the execution of prisoners. or having a child behead a man who was presumably an assault supporter atrocities are committed on all fronts during syria's bloody civil war according to many accounts on the ground it's islamic groups that do most of the fighting on behalf of the rebels dr tao we come meet was a member of a jihadi spoken ization twenty five years ago he later became a vocal opponent of radical islam that you have this have no problem to behead people alive you deal with people like bin ladin and there are because of al qaida who have no his e.t.a. shin to use any form of whip around to to really. control any place. religious believes and ideology representatives of opposition fighters came to
syria. they call themselves martyrs and. all those you see around you of the fighters you see are living martyrs and the living martyr has already sacrificed a soul for this country the syrian rebels say they will stop at nothing to defeat us. some of them are so proud of their deeds that they post them on the web including the execution of prisoners. or having a child behead a man who was presumably an assault supporter atrocities are committed on all fronts during syria's bloody civil war...
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but clearly egypt and places like syria, lebanon, so on have been affected. so it really is -- and we've defer natalie seen a reduction in development in the middle east. so it is a big market for us. but less growth than we've seen in the past. but again, over time, it's a wealthy part of the world. >> there's speculation that you could be selling somewhere in the region of $2 billion worth of asset necessary hong kong, london, new york, paris. are you? >> no, no, too much speculation. we have our new york hotel was on the market. we have a slight hiccup in that process where we've gone with one party. we're now going back on the to the market. and early next year, we'll put our london continental on the market. why? >> because our business is about creating brands, managing other people's hotels and franchises. owning real estate, we should only own where it helps that business. for example, we've announced a couple of new grands recently, even hotels in the u.s. and china. in the u.s., you need to put your money where your mouth is. we will sell those asse
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arwa damon, one of the few western journalists inside syria right now. you have been to aleppo, where the assad regime has a chemical weapons plant. let's get perspective from the ground and start with the regime. what is it saying about this new u.s. intelligence and now new warnings from the united states all the way up to president obama about a red line on the use of chemical weapons? >> well, the regime has historically denied that it would use any sort of chemical weapons against its own population, but that is something of an empty promise, at least from the perspective of everyone we have been speaking to about this. many of those fighters that we talked on the ground do say they do believe the greater the stranglehold they have on regime forces in the city of aleppo grows, the greater the likelihood is that in a desperate attempt to somehow either regain control or wreak mass havoc on the population, the regime would not hesitate when it comes to employing these types of weapons. and of course, when it does come to chemical warfare, there is ver
arwa damon, one of the few western journalists inside syria right now. you have been to aleppo, where the assad regime has a chemical weapons plant. let's get perspective from the ground and start with the regime. what is it saying about this new u.s. intelligence and now new warnings from the united states all the way up to president obama about a red line on the use of chemical weapons? >> well, the regime has historically denied that it would use any sort of chemical weapons against...
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why did you intervene in libya and not in syria? a lot of people asked me, isn't syria like what happened in bosnia and so many, including u.n. officials have said what's happening in syria is very similar to what happened in bosnia with the wholesale slaughter of innocent civilians. i think from the administration's point of view they're looking at iraq and they don't want to get into an iraq-type of multi-year operation. >> and former senator george mitchell has said the united states needs to stay out of syria while senators mccain and lieberman said thursday that the u.s. must get involved. what is the fear if the u.s. does get involved? >> well, precisely that. that they don't want to get bogged down. nobody is talking about putting american boots on the ground or any other boots on the ground. the question is, can you take other military measures that will stop this war? i think what you have now, most sort of seasoned observers and most people who look at what could possibly be done to mitigate this nearly two-year war now in
why did you intervene in libya and not in syria? a lot of people asked me, isn't syria like what happened in bosnia and so many, including u.n. officials have said what's happening in syria is very similar to what happened in bosnia with the wholesale slaughter of innocent civilians. i think from the administration's point of view they're looking at iraq and they don't want to get into an iraq-type of multi-year operation. >> and former senator george mitchell has said the united states...
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. >>> now to the crisis in syria. new reports that the white house and its allies are weighing military options to secure syria's chemical and biological weapons. president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton both issued warnings to syria monday after intelligence picked up signs the assad regime might be making preparations of some kind with its large stockpile of chemical weapons. >> i want to make it absolutely clear to assad and those under his command the world is watching. the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. and if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and you will be held accountable. >> meanwhile, "the new york times" reports russia appears to be weakening in its steadfast support for president assad. the senior turkish official says moscow agreed to a new approach that would seek ways to persuade assad to relinquish power. >>> kate middleton remains in a london hospital today as the world learns she is expecting. there is a sign o
. >>> now to the crisis in syria. new reports that the white house and its allies are weighing military options to secure syria's chemical and biological weapons. president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton both issued warnings to syria monday after intelligence picked up signs the assad regime might be making preparations of some kind with its large stockpile of chemical weapons. >> i want to make it absolutely clear to assad and those under his command the world is...
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military is updating its options daily for a potential strike against syria. this in response to intelligence that shows the assad regime has filled bombs with deadly chemical weapons. syria has one of the most sophisticated stockpiles of chemical weapons in the region, including mustard gas, sarin and intelligence agents think vx nerve agent. president obama has said the movement or use of chemical weapons by syria could lead to u.s. intervention. "outfront" tonight, national security contributor fran townsend who is on the cia and homeland security external advisory board and noah shachtman. noah, what do we think is going on right now? at what point are they in this process? >> so the assad regime has hundreds of metric tons of the building blocks of sarin. basically two big building blocks. there's isopropanol which is rubbing alcohol and phosphorous compounds. those are kept separately in order to keep things safe. but the assad regime in small, limited quantities appears to have combined those two chemicals to make deadly sarin nerve agent and has loaded
military is updating its options daily for a potential strike against syria. this in response to intelligence that shows the assad regime has filled bombs with deadly chemical weapons. syria has one of the most sophisticated stockpiles of chemical weapons in the region, including mustard gas, sarin and intelligence agents think vx nerve agent. president obama has said the movement or use of chemical weapons by syria could lead to u.s. intervention. "outfront" tonight, national...
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per se but generally basic to issues syria should come to an end to be. an. for the syrians to start building their own democracy the big word on everyone's lips as regards egyptian foreign policy is cyanide what on earth is really going on when of course a ny needs to be secured as part of egypt and the sovereignty of egypt would be supported so why all this talk of a deal with the palestinians of us i've never vested trying to help to put a scene is one thing to do to affect the sovereignty of europe is another thing from all points of view humanitarian point of view economical to your political point of view that we have to do as we are i'm so happy for that as an option but there's you know the but there's an assembly this should be part of the foreign policy of egypt also but the point of course if you took this to affect conciliation between the have had to hunt hamas with india but as yet i can fight and the west has to change its position on that and not to oppose this conservation we were talking about syria is also an issue that has to be. attended
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in syria the. part. in fact fight one another at the end of the day it's going to be the syrians are going to decide not britain france the united states now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles of course up in that arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supplied of course throughout the conflict in syria we've seen an increasingly fragmented opposition say there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry could well end up in the wrong hands numb the last person will be pushing ahead this week seeking that amendment and coming up in the next part of the program hundreds of thousands of palestinians welcome home for. the leader of mass is on his first visit to gaza after years in exile calling on his supporters. for the region for the. next winter olympics. you can tell an ordinary russian. apologist. eight different food. different animals. my journey began in the big city was all shiny. and shopping much like any other prosperous russian. so.
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. >> syria could become a saster. this is a country y with a huge stockpile of chemical weapons which are pretty active. we have allowed the saudis and qatari to arm the rebels and they are the people who farmed the islamists, sohey now have the upper hand among the rebels. -- arm the islamts. the west did not do anything comparable with the non-islamist opposition. we are looking at the possie country that would dide into three or four like yugoslavia or could become the hottest and syria is a serious country. it is not libyaya or ahanistan. -- or could become jihadist. >> a molithic opposition inn syria d thfact t that there are opponents of that regime that we would not be associaiated with either. there are some radicals. that is the difficulty there. >> at what point we say, " that is enough?" have a military servi that is at the breaking point - deployment after deployment after deployment. if we wt to spread this across engage the entire society in it -- a pot that has been advocatedd by no less than stanley mc
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but clearly egypt and places like syria have been affected. and we've defer natalie seen a reduction in the market. but less growth than we've seen in the past. but i think, again, over time, it's a wealthy part of the world. >> there's speculation that you could be selling somewhere in the region of $2 billion worth of assets in hong kong, london, new york, paris. are you? >> no, no. too much speculation. we have on the market a slight hiccup in that process where we've gone with one party, we're now going to go back out to the markets. and then we said early next year we'll put our london intercontinental on the market. >> why? >> because we're very clear about that. our business is about creating brands, managing other people's hotels and franchises. owning real estate, we should only help where it owns that business. we've announced a couple of new grounds recently. hold up in china, hotels and even the u.s. in the u.s., you need to put your money where your mouth is. we'll put up to $150,000. tinter continentals we've owned for the partic
but clearly egypt and places like syria have been affected. and we've defer natalie seen a reduction in the market. but less growth than we've seen in the past. but i think, again, over time, it's a wealthy part of the world. >> there's speculation that you could be selling somewhere in the region of $2 billion worth of assets in hong kong, london, new york, paris. are you? >> no, no. too much speculation. we have on the market a slight hiccup in that process where we've gone with...
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lou: not silent on syria. we heard these rumblings out of the adminisation and the foreign policy apparatus of this government for 15 months saying assad must go. doing absolutely nothing. 40,000 peopl murdered, and then, unbelievably, the secretary of state today saying that this, you know, the point of which we reach some sort of resolution depends on how many people the assad regimements to kill. are you kidding me? >> theyon't know what to do. on this, lou, i have to defend -he administration. it's hard to know what to do in a situation whichs now as chaotic as syria. i mean, look -- lou: should we only assign foreign policy masteters in the state department and white house then easy, simple tasks they are resolve? >> no, i just think there's some foreign policy challenges more complex than others, and this is a hard one. we armed the libyans and know some of those weapons went to the very people blowing up american embassies and targets. lou: radicals, extremists, terrorists. the administration will not u
lou: not silent on syria. we heard these rumblings out of the adminisation and the foreign policy apparatus of this government for 15 months saying assad must go. doing absolutely nothing. 40,000 peopl murdered, and then, unbelievably, the secretary of state today saying that this, you know, the point of which we reach some sort of resolution depends on how many people the assad regimements to kill. are you kidding me? >> theyon't know what to do. on this, lou, i have to defend -he...
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in syria then. a part. of these twenty in fact for one another at the end of the day it's going to be the syrians are going to decide not britain france you know. now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles of course up in that arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be deployed of course throughout the conflict in syria we've seen an increasingly fragmented opposition and so there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry could well end up in the wrong hands nonetheless britain will be pushing ahead this week seeking that amendment. one is coming your way in day out as close to making a huge leap in medical progress as it develops an affordable music scene that could save lives that are more aftershocks gray. day starts at five am earlier in the winter tending to his flock of story hundred sheep in the mountains and plains of t.v. thirty five years old it wasn't the life he dreamt of having studied accounting but he just and familiar dictated that he
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middle east, iran is part of that but on the national security side, it's iran, the state of egypt, syria. there's a ton of stuff he has to look at. chris: should we warn our grandkids that in the news when you're getting older there will be a topic called middle east peace process. >> in the history books. chris: it will always be there. >> i'm with the first one. i think he has a huge task, mountain to climb in selling his party on entitlement cuts. he's ready, he says, the party is not. the caucuses are not ready. it will be a huge story and very soon as to whether they will accept this half of the bargain. chris: why are democrats so protective of medicare and medicaid? >> it's a mystery to me where the other party is ready to raise rates. they have to give ground. chris: how does he build the team to do in a? >> i would get bill clinton to come back and say i was for doing something on social security 15 years ago. can we do it now? chris: the can-do attitude clinton could bring back is so important and part of the kennedy era i grew up with. and next year is a big anniversary in our
middle east, iran is part of that but on the national security side, it's iran, the state of egypt, syria. there's a ton of stuff he has to look at. chris: should we warn our grandkids that in the news when you're getting older there will be a topic called middle east peace process. >> in the history books. chris: it will always be there. >> i'm with the first one. i think he has a huge task, mountain to climb in selling his party on entitlement cuts. he's ready, he says, the party...
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we've seen those groups inside syria, including al qaeda from iraq. so there are many very frightening possibilities, which is why i think our barbara starr has been talking about the u.s. military has -- is relooking at their plans for securing the chemical weapon sites of which we understand there are in the neighborhood of four dozen. >> yeah, and, noah, how much do you think there is confidence that we know what really is going on, and how widespread this stuff is? because you're right. in the chaos of a cat chrissism over there if it comes down the final battle it seems to me we could have a very similar circumstance to what we had in iraq and afghanistan, where we just don't know where things went. >> yeah, i think there's a fair degree of confidence right now about where this precursor mixing activity happens. but if things get really chaotic, i think all bets are off. the u.s. military has floated a number of estimates for how many people it would take to secure these sites. let's say they're overestimating by a factor of ten. they say 75,000.
we've seen those groups inside syria, including al qaeda from iraq. so there are many very frightening possibilities, which is why i think our barbara starr has been talking about the u.s. military has -- is relooking at their plans for securing the chemical weapon sites of which we understand there are in the neighborhood of four dozen. >> yeah, and, noah, how much do you think there is confidence that we know what really is going on, and how widespread this stuff is? because you're...
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special envoy to syria. as you know, russia has blocked action against al assad at the u.n., but some have speculate that had moscow may be considering a different aprove. i mean, is russia stopping the u.s., do you think, from going into syria? >> i think the russians are beginning to realize that this problem simply cannot be ignored, and their passive stance on it simply doesn't provide for any constructive solution, so i hope that they will work with us on this, and i think the more international consensus we have on what is to be done, the less likely is the danger that the removal of the regime will result in the fragmentation of syria all together and regional conflicts erupting. that is the real danger, and that's what people should be concentrating on. >> you know, some have made the comparison that getting involved with syria or in syria is similar to us getting involved in libya and taking action against libya. do you see it that way? >> not quite. i supported strongly the position that the united
special envoy to syria. as you know, russia has blocked action against al assad at the u.n., but some have speculate that had moscow may be considering a different aprove. i mean, is russia stopping the u.s., do you think, from going into syria? >> i think the russians are beginning to realize that this problem simply cannot be ignored, and their passive stance on it simply doesn't provide for any constructive solution, so i hope that they will work with us on this, and i think the more...
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>> in syria there is not a huge amount of influence right now. there is probably a tipping point at this moment and they are doing whatever they can out. you heard hillary clinton talk about that. but they have some concerns not only about whether he leaves but what happens to the country after he leaves. the question least assistant and washington usually, but it is being asked in this case -- and then what? if the chemical stores fell into the wrong hands, you could have a problem that could spread out. at this point the question is does seery app implode or explode? >> the red line on syria's use of chemical weapons seems to be shifting. why? >> in august, president obama said his calculus would change if the chemical weapons were moved or used. this week we have heard many warnings against using them. it appears that some have been moved and the more worrisome concern is that some may have been mixed into a form that you could use for actually dropping them as a weapon. we do not know quite how urgent that problem is and there have been confl
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syria then. apart. in fact fight one another for the end of the day it's going to be the syrians are going to. be confronted. now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles a cool sub in that arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supplied of course throughout the conflict in syria we've seen an increasingly fragmented opposition say there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry could well end up in the wrong hands nonetheless pushing ahead this week seeking that amendments. to surf earth reporting for us there now coming up in the next part of the program hundreds of thousands of palestinians but. that leader of hamas is on his first visit to gaza after years of exile calling on his supporters to keep up the resistance we ask what this means for the region and the world he said more after a short break. a forty nine year old southern california man was brought in president charles with possessing materials to make an explosive device all becaus
syria then. apart. in fact fight one another for the end of the day it's going to be the syrians are going to. be confronted. now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles a cool sub in that arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supplied of course throughout the conflict in syria we've seen an increasingly fragmented opposition say there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry could well end up in the wrong hands nonetheless pushing...
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i would say -- i mean i think the thing i'm most struck by is syria. it just seems to me, you have the -- what looks likes the start of assad preparing the possibility of using chemical weapons as nbc reported yesterday. what do we do? what can we do? senator clinton -- secretary clinton meeting with russia, what can we do and what's the next step if they don't listen. >> it's a complex world the president is going to lead in. >> can i enter, you cover these issues all the time and did a lead story on nightly news on this topic. the question fors the president is ultimately what do you do when your foreign policy has been premised on bringing american troops home, at a time when american power and influence is needed particularly in the middle east, but there are no easy answers. this i think is what sort of calls out for an obama doctrine in a second term. he doesn't seem to have one at the moment which is a big issue. >> and doesn't have a foreign policy team yet. he's still wrestling with those decisions. more on that to come. david gregory, thank y
i would say -- i mean i think the thing i'm most struck by is syria. it just seems to me, you have the -- what looks likes the start of assad preparing the possibility of using chemical weapons as nbc reported yesterday. what do we do? what can we do? senator clinton -- secretary clinton meeting with russia, what can we do and what's the next step if they don't listen. >> it's a complex world the president is going to lead in. >> can i enter, you cover these issues all the time and...
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in syria then. apart. in fact fred what a lot of the end of the day is going to be the syrians are going to decide not britain from. now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles a caught up in the arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supplied of course throughout the conflict in syria we see in an increasingly fragmented opposition and so there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry could well end up in the wrong hands nonetheless britain will be pushing ahead this week seeking the elements. well a little over a year before the next winter olympics the whole city of sochi and some of the end of russia is getting a break over prepared to tow a little later on in the program we travel to the area to see how preparations are going on one of the world's main sporting events. invented by the famed soviet orthopedic of really bizarre for the nineteen fifties these frames for initially used to treat fractures in deformities by cutting bones and slowl
in syria then. apart. in fact fred what a lot of the end of the day is going to be the syrians are going to decide not britain from. now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles a caught up in the arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supplied of course throughout the conflict in syria we see in an increasingly fragmented opposition and so there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry could well end up in the wrong hands nonetheless...
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envoy on syria and hillary clinton said events on the ground in syria are accelerating. she also joined the u.s. defense secretary in expressing concern that damascus is considering using chemical weapons against the rebels. >> i think there is no question that we remain very concerned, very concerned. as the opposition advances, in particular on damascus, the regime might very well consider the use of chemical weapons. >> secretary panetta went on to say that the white house made it clear there will be consequences should the assad regime make the mistake of using those weapons on its own people. for more on the perspective from damascus, i spoke a short time ago to the bbc's jeremy bolon -- jeremy bowen. >> the issue has been pretty firm on the use of chemical weapons. any news from damascus? >> i think the regime here can feel the pressure. it has been under huge pressure in the last couple of weeks, increasing pressure. of the most pressure has faced from the west, certainly, in the almost two years this has been going on. i spoke before panetta made his remarks to t
envoy on syria and hillary clinton said events on the ground in syria are accelerating. she also joined the u.s. defense secretary in expressing concern that damascus is considering using chemical weapons against the rebels. >> i think there is no question that we remain very concerned, very concerned. as the opposition advances, in particular on damascus, the regime might very well consider the use of chemical weapons. >> secretary panetta went on to say that the white house made...
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border is not because of an attack by syria because there's actually no likelihood that syria turkey and in any case those missiles to be the. all ballistic missiles the artillery shells. the border accidentally so the. speculation is based on the fact that perhaps. an. intervention. and this is the interpretation. and he said it's fundamentally part of the game plan against iran. you know these are the questions that. factor into this equation. let's talk about the troop deployment the u.s. the netherlands and germany a. thousand troops to operate the patriot batteries that amount of soldiers really needed to operate six. i wouldn't think so i. wouldn't think you need a thousand soldiers to do it not even for six but there's been increasing pressure from. syria's. position troops on the jordanian. to something. and of course the other question i would like to mention and this very much of what you were talking about before the seizure of the ukrainian journalist who has been held for two months and because he was writing very critical reports about the so-called syrian rebels one ha
border is not because of an attack by syria because there's actually no likelihood that syria turkey and in any case those missiles to be the. all ballistic missiles the artillery shells. the border accidentally so the. speculation is based on the fact that perhaps. an. intervention. and this is the interpretation. and he said it's fundamentally part of the game plan against iran. you know these are the questions that. factor into this equation. let's talk about the troop deployment the u.s....
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cannot say that there has been peace in europe since them in any case if we look further afield with syria the european union's policy get to a policy of the european union as an organization nevermind its member states as being in my view to fan the flames of the conflict in syria and not to act as a peace broker so there is literally no way in which we can say that the european union as foster peace. result sort of stable situation on the european markets too is italy's technocrat leader today says his time in office will soon be up later than we look at what's in store for the ailing euro zone was simply no way out of the crisis. but next europe's military is taken over egypt's military has taken over the country's security and given powers of arrest in the run up to the referendum next week's votes being rejected by the opposition those unrepresentative and with calls to sage mass nationwide protests getting louder president morsi is trying to make more concessions but has an ease the tension is journalist bill true found out from cairo. this morning president mohamed morsi truck this
cannot say that there has been peace in europe since them in any case if we look further afield with syria the european union's policy get to a policy of the european union as an organization nevermind its member states as being in my view to fan the flames of the conflict in syria and not to act as a peace broker so there is literally no way in which we can say that the european union as foster peace. result sort of stable situation on the european markets too is italy's technocrat leader...
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and the western warnings circling over syria's chemical weapons but thereby israel's got another worry on its mind that the arsenal could get into the hands of hezbollah for israel such as being controlled by what it considers to be a terrorist group would be a red line marcus papadopoulos is editor of politics first magazine he says the concerns are not groundless either. there's a very strong possibility that the syrian militants could very well acquire chemical weapons which of course would be catastrophic not just for syria but for the entire region it might be an inconvenient truth to many was western politicians but of course the islamists in syria who are largely representative of the militants they wouldn't hesitate to use them against syria's minorities and they certainly wouldn't hesitate to use them against israel so that so very important to stop the flow through the constant flow of weapons and cash into syria by us or to western states. to saudi arabia and qatar the israelis then not concerned that the syrian government would use chemical weapons against israel they are v
and the western warnings circling over syria's chemical weapons but thereby israel's got another worry on its mind that the arsenal could get into the hands of hezbollah for israel such as being controlled by what it considers to be a terrorist group would be a red line marcus papadopoulos is editor of politics first magazine he says the concerns are not groundless either. there's a very strong possibility that the syrian militants could very well acquire chemical weapons which of course would...
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i don't believe syria would use chemical weapons it would be political. suicide for the government if it does and it is also accept that by. everybody including go west and colleagues the europeans and americans that the biggest threat. in this situation is. the probability that the rebels might take hold of chemical weapons and therefore when while recognizing these right now of western friends say but still the responsibilities with the syrian government they were in the rebels they called it it's a very strange logic because at the same time there was a very people encourage rebels not to negotiate with the government but to continue fighting and giving them arms money and moral and political support so it's a very controversial position. in general the logic of those who say no negotiations with us that is really very controversial and very dangerous because. well they're not justifying what the government is doing they have been making a lot of mistakes have been using force disproportionately the security forces clearly war and are prepared to face
i don't believe syria would use chemical weapons it would be political. suicide for the government if it does and it is also accept that by. everybody including go west and colleagues the europeans and americans that the biggest threat. in this situation is. the probability that the rebels might take hold of chemical weapons and therefore when while recognizing these right now of western friends say but still the responsibilities with the syrian government they were in the rebels they called it...
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syria has not signed a chemical weapons convention. they have not, however, moved to use these weapons but they are, according to what we know from the reporting, they are beginning to move these out of storage and the question is, what options do we have and right now the primary option is to ensure that the message is clear to assad and those around him that he cannot use these weapons in any form whatsoever and it seems to have heightened international diplomatic activity, particularly with russia in terms of getting that message out that that's a red line that can't be passed. >> how essential is russia being involved? >> russia is key. russia has been backing assad diplomatically at the u.n. and has deep ties into assad's regime. if they begin to walk away from syria and there appear to be signals that they are distancing themselves, that will put pressure on those around assad to make sure that they do not take assad's lead in potentially using these weapons and helpses move towards the resolution of this. >> you have a ground st
syria has not signed a chemical weapons convention. they have not, however, moved to use these weapons but they are, according to what we know from the reporting, they are beginning to move these out of storage and the question is, what options do we have and right now the primary option is to ensure that the message is clear to assad and those around him that he cannot use these weapons in any form whatsoever and it seems to have heightened international diplomatic activity, particularly with...
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. >>> also this morning, the situation in syria is growing increasingly dangerous. new intelligence reports show that syria's government may be preparing chemical and biological weapons for use against the rebels in that country. senior officials tell abc news there are contingency plans for military action by the u.s., if those weapons become a threat. >>> and back here at home, president obama meets with the nation's governors today on urgent talks to avoid that fiscal cliff. republicans and democrats in congress appeared no closer to a compromise. here's abc's tahman bradley. >> reporter: congressional republicans' counterproposal was dead on arrival. the white house quickly rejected the $2.2 trillion deficit reduction plan, that would raise $800 billion in tax revenue over the next decade. but the plan calls for raising the revenue without raising tax rates on top income earners, something the white house views as unacceptable. during a photo op, the president avoided questions about the gop plan. >> no deal better than a bad deal, sir? >> reporter: a senior whi
. >>> also this morning, the situation in syria is growing increasingly dangerous. new intelligence reports show that syria's government may be preparing chemical and biological weapons for use against the rebels in that country. senior officials tell abc news there are contingency plans for military action by the u.s., if those weapons become a threat. >>> and back here at home, president obama meets with the nation's governors today on urgent talks to avoid that fiscal...
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and the terrorists he says is likely to keep his brutal ways to me for national party from iran syria leaders claim terrorist groups the deadly shelling in northern syria earlier opposition activists said the attack that killed twenty with at least eight thought to be children was carried out by government forces without in a province that's seen fighting escalate in recent months a middle east correspondent paula slayer's got the latest. damascus has announced that it is terrorist groups who are behind this deadly massacre in the northern province of raka what we do know is that at least twenty people have been killed eight of them are children now they were early reports by activist groups that it was in fact government forces who were behind this deadly shelling but that sense has been refuted one of the main groups to come to the fore is a u.k. based activist group known as the syrian observateur for human rights the pictures are currently witnessing are pictures that they are distributing on you tube they cannot be verified of the point has been made by the russian foreign minist
and the terrorists he says is likely to keep his brutal ways to me for national party from iran syria leaders claim terrorist groups the deadly shelling in northern syria earlier opposition activists said the attack that killed twenty with at least eight thought to be children was carried out by government forces without in a province that's seen fighting escalate in recent months a middle east correspondent paula slayer's got the latest. damascus has announced that it is terrorist groups who...
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the reason for staging the missiles on syria's border is not because of an attack by syria because there's actually no likelihood that syria is going to attack turkey in any case those missiles are to be directed against planes or ballistic missiles not against the artillery shells or mortars that. the the turkish border accidentally so the obvious question is why those patriots there speculation is based on the fact that perhaps they're there as the first step which is clearing and fly zone and direct measurement intervention sometime next year and one has to ask the question who the germans to the british to the americans who don't think it's a point in syria they're not supporting groups that are committed to democracy they're not supporting groups that committed to a political transition they're not curse supporting groups that are committed to in any way the formation of an open transparent state. where we've got further insight into the various opposition groups in syria as well as how the deployment of nato weapons in turkey may change the balance of power in the region. on our webs
the reason for staging the missiles on syria's border is not because of an attack by syria because there's actually no likelihood that syria is going to attack turkey in any case those missiles are to be directed against planes or ballistic missiles not against the artillery shells or mortars that. the the turkish border accidentally so the obvious question is why those patriots there speculation is based on the fact that perhaps they're there as the first step which is clearing and fly zone...
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a little more context on securing syria's chemical weapons. up to 75,000 troops would be needed to do it. the risk of leakage is high. it took years for the u.s. to destroy its stockpiles, and complicating matters even more, there are reports that the terrorist group hezbollah has set up small training camps near chemical weapons depots in the area. >>> fox news alert now from egypt, a massive protest turning violent outside of the presidential palace, and now we're hearing the egyptian president, muhammad morrissey, has had to leave the palace. police were firing tear gas to stop demonstrators from approaching the palace. some protesters pushing aside a barricade topped with barbed wire. this as thousands of people rally against decrees giving the president unprecedented powers and a draft constitution his allies quickly approved. look at the juxtaposition. remember when we watched these in the arab spring and folks were trying to push for democracy? they wanted mubarak out, well, they got their way. he was replaced by a guy from the muslim b
a little more context on securing syria's chemical weapons. up to 75,000 troops would be needed to do it. the risk of leakage is high. it took years for the u.s. to destroy its stockpiles, and complicating matters even more, there are reports that the terrorist group hezbollah has set up small training camps near chemical weapons depots in the area. >>> fox news alert now from egypt, a massive protest turning violent outside of the presidential palace, and now we're hearing the...
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people in syria they are they friends of already they want syria they want to see the government to act outside this boulder but i'm sure this is going to say one favorite sign the height of us about a member of the assyrian social club thanks for making a point so clear it's pretty shady thank you. online fear droning on america reveals a futuristic you weapon in the fight against terror a u.s. manufacturer fails the next generation of unmanned drones fitted with the so-called death ray laser admitting they never run out of ammunition to find out more about see dot com also on our web site so the real cost of studying in the u.k. skyrocketing prices for higher education may soon rise to one hundred thousand talk about. mixed news for jailed human rights activist in bahrain leading campaign enough jobs had his prison term cut from three to two years on appeal that been widespread calls for his release following his conviction in august for organizing illegal gatherings and inciting violence international pressure is mounting on the monarchy to stop persecuting political activists sa
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nobody knows more or cares more about this than the next door neighbor to syria, israel. we'll be talking to israel's ambassador to the united states at the top of the hour. >> all right, chris. let's end on a better note. redskins or ravens today? >> oh, redskins, easy. >> we like that. gotta love the home team. thanks, chris. >> you bet. >> catch fox news sunday at 9:00 a.m., right after our show. . >>> well, history in the commonwealth. delegate herring was unanimously elected as the new chair woman of the state democratic party. she is the first african american to hold the position. the three-term delegate succeeds moran, who announced he wouldn't seek another term. . >>> and of course the big game today. everyone's talking about it. fedex field. and our photographer is out there with those live shots. it's a little gloomy right now! >> it is. it's showery and we also have fog and lots of clouds. it started last night and it's sticking around today, folks. just be prepared. >> making it interesting. >> well, it will make it interesting. it will be challenging at leas
nobody knows more or cares more about this than the next door neighbor to syria, israel. we'll be talking to israel's ambassador to the united states at the top of the hour. >> all right, chris. let's end on a better note. redskins or ravens today? >> oh, redskins, easy. >> we like that. gotta love the home team. thanks, chris. >> you bet. >> catch fox news sunday at 9:00 a.m., right after our show. . >>> well, history in the commonwealth. delegate herring...
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civil war in syria and has its twenty second month the u.s. now says it will intervene if assad uses chemical weapons but does this remind you of iraq or both two thousand and three will take a look at the similarities in these cases and ask if intervention is inevitable. and backed by congressional demand but against white house objections stricter sanctions on iran as part of the revamped and v.a. bill coming up a look at what these new measures and tale and whether they really are nonviolent. it's monday december third four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for you're watching our tape while much of the mainstream media cycles last week were mired in chatter about u.n. ambassador susan rice and the possibility she may be considered to take over as secretary of state once hillary clinton leaves her post and most of what you probably heard sounded something like this. we are significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got and some that we didn't yet bottom line and more disturbed now than i was before we will not allow a brilliant
civil war in syria and has its twenty second month the u.s. now says it will intervene if assad uses chemical weapons but does this remind you of iraq or both two thousand and three will take a look at the similarities in these cases and ask if intervention is inevitable. and backed by congressional demand but against white house objections stricter sanctions on iran as part of the revamped and v.a. bill coming up a look at what these new measures and tale and whether they really are...
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autonomy within syria but that is opposed so far by the syrian national council that. includes the free syrian army and even within the kurdish community in syria there are some divisions yes and.
autonomy within syria but that is opposed so far by the syrian national council that. includes the free syrian army and even within the kurdish community in syria there are some divisions yes and.
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. >> all right, syria. how did the united states, how did the government, how did the administration handled syria? appropriately? and appropriately? enough? not enough? >> the good thing about the afghanistan and iraq forces that they are keeping us out of syria. >> syria could become a disaster. this is a country with a huge stockpile of chemical weapons, which are pretty active. we have allowed the saudis and qataris to arm the rebels, and those are the people who have armed the islamists, so the islamists now have the upper hand among the rebels. the west -- the british and french and we and the turks -- did not do anything comparable with the non-islamic opposition. we are looking at a possible country that would divide into three or four like yugoslavia, or could become jihadist, and syria is a serious country. it is not libya or afghanistan, and it think we will regret having no influence on the outcome. >> monolithic opposition, and the fact is there are opponents of that regime that we would not wa
. >> all right, syria. how did the united states, how did the government, how did the administration handled syria? appropriately? and appropriately? enough? not enough? >> the good thing about the afghanistan and iraq forces that they are keeping us out of syria. >> syria could become a disaster. this is a country with a huge stockpile of chemical weapons, which are pretty active. we have allowed the saudis and qataris to arm the rebels, and those are the people who have...
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there is of course growing concern that the chemical weapons stockpiles within syria could land up in the hands of extreme militants in here we've been hearing reports of both al qaida as well as has been in the south operating and lending their support to the insurgency and so there's concern that these weapons could land up specifically in their hands the united states for its side says it has intelligence that the syrian army may be preparing to use chemical weaponry and again the u.s. has pushed the line that this would be a red line if indeed it was proven and that this would bring in the shift reaction and the immediate involvement of the united states we are hearing from a u.s. official as well as senior administration officials that the u.s. and the european union are training rebels both within jordan and turkey in terms of trying to secure these stockpiles of chemical weapons within syria now it is important to make note that none of these reports in terms of chemical weapons can be verified what we do know is that still your has one of the world's largest chemical weapon ar
there is of course growing concern that the chemical weapons stockpiles within syria could land up in the hands of extreme militants in here we've been hearing reports of both al qaida as well as has been in the south operating and lending their support to the insurgency and so there's concern that these weapons could land up specifically in their hands the united states for its side says it has intelligence that the syrian army may be preparing to use chemical weaponry and again the u.s. has...
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thousands of sea blocked the country's main trade routes in neighboring syria and jordan on wednesday the demonstrators were demanding equal rights accusing the shiite led government of leading the country into sectarian conflict the mass protests erupted last week following the arrest of ten bodyguards of a senior sunni official. the afghan foreign ministry says the country has lost more than seventy million dollars in taxes is foreign companies linked to nato are avoiding paying their dues last week president karzai stan the firm's accusing them of widespread corruption in the country but political analyst and former afghan m.p. the sort enjoy says the government is equally to blame. what was going on in two thousand and one two thousand and two when the interim authority came to existence in this country they signed deals exempting some of these companies we were dealing with need to and i say. many other companies came and started. carpetbagging in backpacking. illegitimate gains in never paid taxes this is not new and this government will never have the guts to collect taxes from
thousands of sea blocked the country's main trade routes in neighboring syria and jordan on wednesday the demonstrators were demanding equal rights accusing the shiite led government of leading the country into sectarian conflict the mass protests erupted last week following the arrest of ten bodyguards of a senior sunni official. the afghan foreign ministry says the country has lost more than seventy million dollars in taxes is foreign companies linked to nato are avoiding paying their dues...